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In 1994 Mariví Calvo and Sandro Tothill started designing and manufacturing hand-made wood-veneer lamps from a small studio in Valencia’s historic centre. The originating idea behind Luzifer emerged on a summer's evening where, while working over a light table with thin sheets of wood veneer, the translucent effect was so startling it immediately challenged them with the idea of applying this to a new style of lighting. Officially the company was not formed until one year later, the first lamps being purely for personal use. They were so impressed with the results and so curious to see how other wood types would look that they began to make a small collection of lamps which ended up in friend's houses or sold, obliging them to make more. After refining their technique in reinforcing the veneer so as to make a sturdy shade from such fragile material, they decide to set up an exhibition in the Trapezi Theatre Valencia where more than 230 lamps switched on a crowd of over 400 people. On the main stage 30 lamps had been 'converted' into works of art by some of Valencia's leading painters, comic artists and designers to create the main attraction of the evening. Those evenings of artistic creativity were the spark that pushed us towards considering a longevity in what they were doing. In 1997 they were introduced to a young designer called Miguel Herranz . Miguel's enthusiasm to work with such a distinct material gave birth to a new and fresh range of lights which consolidated Luzifer on the market and lifted them to the level of others in the lighting industry. The following year Ray Power arrived, another young designer with a great interest for infinite shapes. In 2007 they changed thier name from Luzifer to LZF . Presently Sandro Tothill is responsible for all aspects related to production, public relations with clients and their export department, while Mariví Calvo creates and directs the image presented by LZF. Together they decide which designs will be selected a